The challenge at CAS on Sunday this time is a word – Sparkle with the encouragement to use bling. I don’t use bling all that often as it evidenced by the fact that I had my red rhinestones already coloured, I think for a card when I was making Christmas cards last year!

It also helped with my colour scheme! I’d coloured the rhinestones with a retired cherry cobbler blendability but you could use a sharpie if you don’t have any of those. Or another alcohol marker. So this supremely CAS card uses one of my well used sets, Endless Birthday Wishes and I stamped the cake in cherry cobbler onto whisper white. I also stamped the sentiment from the same set before playing with rhinestones. There are little stars on the candles which I chose to cover up with rhinestones fully intending to use one of the red ones. But I decided that I needed more sparkle! As if someone was blowing out the candles and the sparkle was still showing, hence the stream of rhinestones.

It doesn’t show that well in the photo and it’s not necessary, but I dry embossed the flap of the envelope with a retired embossing folder. I can’t see ever selling my embossing folders, they are so useful for a quick way to add interest to an envelope. And Endless Birthday Wishes is an amazingly versatile set which you need – I’m always using the sentiments either on the card front itself or inside. I’m surprised the the “celebrate” still works!

See you tomorrow,

Liz